Born a leftie with
a stringent ear to the pitches, tones, beat timings
and other very succinct details of all kinds of
music at a young age, Kidahl found himself demanding
keyboards as gifts from his parents (rather than
a new Bugle Boy® outfit or brand new bicycle)
or saving up at every adolescent job for the next
one that caught his eye. Remember those old Casio®
Sampler keyboards? This fire-fingered youngster
burned through four of 'em, influenced by pioneers
of electronica like Kraftwerk, Gary Neuman, Thomas
Dolby, ELO, etc.
His first real taste of music collaboration and
actual production was at the age of 13, bicycle-pedaling
his ambtions almost daily to his friend's house
who owned an Ensonique synthesizer with means to
get all audio onto tape.
Not to be denied his musical passions even when
the sun went down back then, Kidahl made a plan/request
with his friend that he would sneak out and come
back later after his parents were asleep to finish
compositions. Comically, this led to Kidahl being
held at double-barrel shotgun and blinding flashlight-point
by his friend's father in the backyard at 12:43am...having
thrown tanbark at the wrong window while signaling
his friend to let him in.
Currently, Kidahl works his days as a video/online
game 25-to-Lifer, making sure all is right with
the world for Electronic Arts' Pogo.com world, with
not much time to compose let alone breathe. But
when he does, he devotes his composing skills to
Fruity Loops...and still prefers an older version
than any current, as he humorously believes the
"old" of the version masks his mundanity
or lack of good sound.
He is his own worst critic, but humbly adored the
acclaim his track "Desperation" surfaced
from his friends and close ones. He hopes to one
day write songs, sing or collaborate with someone
who would say they are going to...and actually follow
through.
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